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LettersPaent No.2 75,682, dated March-17, 1868.

IMPROVLD THILLsTRAP.

Flite tlgehule vnicht in iu ilpe'trtters lnnu mit making mit ni thetime.

To ALL WHOM Lfr MAY coNcEaNf' Be it known that I, EDWARD HOWELL, ofAshtabula, in the county of Ashtabula, and State of` Ohio, have`invented certain new and useful Improvements in TMll-Straps; and I dohereby declare that the following is afull and complete description ofthe same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, making a partlof this specication, in which- Figure 1 is a side view. Figure 2 is afront view. 4

p Figures 3 and 4 are modifications of figs. 1 and 2. 'Like letters ofreference refer to like parts.En i In the drawings, vA represents thestrap, the end of which is attached to the saddle of the harness. Bi-isa metallic plate, connected to thestrap A by meansof bands or loops, aa, which pass around said strap, the yencls being secured to the plate.The end of this plate is bent round, forming a loop, C, fig-1. Thisloop-is to receive the Aend lof the thills, the belly-strap beingattached to the link D resting in the loop, which loop'is'bent so as toreceive the saidlink. E is a spring, to the upper end of which isattached a pin, c., This pin passes through allele in the strap, asindicated by the dotted lines a', the other end ofthe spring beingsecured to the plate B,

This spring, provided with a pin, serves -the place of the bucklecommonly used, as the thill can be raised .or lowered in the followingmanner :#The spring can be pulled out, as .indicated by the dotted linesE, iig; 1;`

thus remiovingthe pin, and the loop C, .which contains the end of thethill and forms part of the plate, can be y raised orlowered, asdesired, the pin being pushed into the holes d out in the strapforthatpurposc.V

Fig. 3 is a modification of tig. 1, as stated, and consists in makingthe loop C of wood, vulcanized rubber, &c., and lining the same withsome softer material, as leather, J, to prevent abrasion. By thesubstitution af this material for iron, are avoided the rust anddiscoloring which naturally result from the use of iron, tothe tiallyas-and for the purposset forth,

b ad appearance of the harness if not to itsinjury. v l v The spring Ein this strap ishuried in the wood, out of the Way or contact with theharness and ispulled out -by inserting the ringer-nail inthe cavity J',into which theend of the spring falls. i What I claim as my improvement,and desire to secure by Letters Patent,- is- Theloop C, connectedwithftlic spring E, in combination with the pin c, strap A, and loops .aa, substan- EDWD HOWELL. Witnesses:

E. E. WAITE, `l J..l HoLMEs.

